Datapoint Principense/Marking of possessor noun phrases

The possesive adposition (value 2) is obligatory when there is an element intervening between the possessor and the possessed; in the other cases, di-phrases are very rare in possessive constructions.

Values

No marking Frequency: 90.0%

Example 37-57:
sodadi arê
sodadi
soldier
arê
king
the king's soldiers

Source: Maurer 2009: 50

Confidence:
Very certain

Adpositional or case marking of possessor Frequency: 10.0%

Example 37-58:
ufaka sê novu di Mene
ufaka
knife
sê
dem
novu
new
di
of
Mene
Mene
Mene's new knife
Confidence:
Very certain